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In reply to the discussion: Movie gimmicks you can really do without [View all]SfromCanada
(44 posts)53. Quarrelling Couple reunited over the course of the movie
Why does this plot device have to be in every single bleeping film?
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"Nobody ever swears that much naturally (F-bombs every sentence, multiple times)."
Neoma
Jan 2013
#56
so dark you can't see what the hell is happening. I get it The lights are out or it is at night but,
Tuesday Afternoon
Jan 2013
#5
exactly - dark is such a cliche for omnious. we get it, dude. Now, put a little light on the subject
Tuesday Afternoon
Jan 2013
#45
Bio-pics where the actors are substantially better-looking than the subjects they portray.
Aristus
Jan 2013
#10
Snappy-dialogue scenes (usually in newspaper offices and police stations)
TwilightGardener
Jan 2013
#18
Sort of like Graham Greene playing every Native American who ever lived
Lydia Leftcoast
Jan 2013
#39
I hate previews that tell you the whole plot of the movie and movies with
Lydia Leftcoast
Jan 2013
#40
or fist ights that go on way too long after such damage would have incapacitated a person
TeamPooka
Jan 2013
#79